All governments have accepted the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world. Yet, today, some 15,000 nuclear weapons remain. More than half of the world’s population still lives in countries that either have such weapons or are members of nuclear alliances. And rising tensions – such as between North Korea and the US, Russia and the West, India and Pakistan – are increasing the risk of a nuclear catastrophe.

This makes public action on September 26 so important.

“There are many paths to a nuclear-weapons-free world. I appeal to all states to intensify their efforts to contribute to the shared vision in their own ways.”UN Secretary-General António Guterres

Sep 26 Meeting at the United Nations

On September 26, the United Nations will hold a High-Level Meeting to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. In addition to government leaders, two PNND representatives have been chosen by the President of the UN General Assembly to address the UN. They are Marzhan Nurzhan (Kazakhstan) who is the convener of the Abolition 2000 Youth Working Group, and Dennis Kucinich (United States) who is a former US mayor and member of Congress and UN Liaison for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament.

Parliamentarians and September 26

Call on your parliaments and parliamentarians to take action on September 26.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union, representing over 170 parliaments (including those of most of the nuclear-armed and allied States), has adopted a resolution by consensus calling on parliaments and parliamentarians to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, act to eliminate the role of nuclear weapons in security doctrines and support a nuclear weapons convention.